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Google recently introduced the Android Design site for 4.0 / ICS offering tips and resources for making apps that look and feel like native Google apps. One big benefit is that you can download design resources including stencils, vector art, and icons to make it faster and easier to create stuff. The “All Icons” pack …

Mike and I are launching a new app this week: HD Widgets. This is our first paid app, following up on Cloudskipper, our free music player which has skyrocketed to over 425k installs in just three months. HD Widgets follows our Mixwit formula: take something simple, make it attractive and fun, and make it easy …

Going on it’s third layout, the new vj.tv website focusses on presenting HD video in a LARGE format. The previous site design and layout (done in 2008) allowed for large 640px wide videos, which was extraordinary back in the day. The new layout now provides 1024×576 feature videos, and 768×432 in-line videos (both of which conform …

After five years, I’m finally retiring my old Flash-based portfolio. This portfolio has kept me well employed almost non-stop since it’s inception back in 2005. The only major update was in 2006 when I converted it from static content to dynamic. It’s built with Actionscript 2, XML, and SwfAddress for browser-based navigation (which was cuting …

Electric Rain has upgraded their Swift3D plugin for Photoshop to streamline processes and take advantage of Adobe Configurator. For those who may be having a huh? moment – Swift3D is an old school, powerful, noob-level 3D modeling and animation package for creating 3D for Flash. I’ve used Swift3D with great success in the past, but it’s been …